[2] The Ottoman army penetrated Pomoravlje and neighbouring areas, killing and looting, then clashed with the subjects of Lazar at Dubravnica (1381), where they were successfully fought off.

Şahin Bey entered Serbia with 20,000 akinjis, and learned that Serbian lords had prepared an army to attack his troops.

At that time, many akinjis (about 18,000) lost their temper and began looting civilian properties in the surrounding villages, disobeying orders, leaving Şahin Bey alone with 2,000 soldiers.

Although unprepared and suffering a shock from heavy Serbian knights, the outnumbered Ottoman center resisted for some time but later began to withdraw with Şahin Bey,[5] who barely escaped with his life.

According to tradition Serbian knight and folk hero Miloš Obilić participated with distinction in this battle;[6] he was wounded by an Ottoman arrow.

Murad had decided to make one more powerful thrust, aimed at the heart of the now seemingly revitalised Serbian Empire, with a campaign in 1389 which culminated in a Battle of Kosovo.